Emma's Rug footwear gardener Mas Arai returns to

gardener Mas Arai returns to Hiroshima to bring his best friend’s ashes to a relative on a small island

Recognizing the historic nature of these hearings

Hardbound: 128 pp

Fujino situates his life within the context of twentieth-century history—World War II

from interviews with family

Emma's Rug footwear gardener Mas Arai returns toBy Allen Say. Emma is a gifted young artist whose most prized possession is a small, shaggy rug. When her mother accidentally puts the rug in the washing machine and destroys it, Emma is devastated because she thinks that her rug is the source of her talent and that she can no longer create. This story addresses the question of where human creativity comes from. Hardbound: 32 pp.